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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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